Buckle



(No Model.)

H. J'. KRAUS.

BUCKLE.

No. 539,521. Patented May 21, 1895.v

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J. KRAUS, OF NORTH TONAYVANDA, NEW YORK.V

BUCKLE."y

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 539,521, dated May 21, 1,895. Application led December 9, 1893. Serial No. 493,284. (No model.)

'To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. KRAUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Tonawanda, in the county of Niagara, State of New York, have invented an Improved and Unique Trace or Tug Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trace or tug buckles, the objects of which are, rst, to combine simplicity with rapidity of movement; second, to secure durability, neatness, and security. I attain these objects by the mechanismv illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of full size, in which- Figure l is a horizontal View of the body or main portion of the trace or tug buckle as it would appear sewed or fastened in hams-tug or breast-collar in position in harness on a horse; Fig. 2, the slide-tongue, and Fig. 3 a spring, both of which work in conjunction with Fig. l in line Z Z. Fig. 4 is a combination of Fig. l in sectional outlines, side view, as sewed or fastened in hame-tug or breastcollar, and Figs. 2 and 3 in their proper working position, thus forming a whole or closed buckle-holding trace or tug; and Fig. 5, as a whole, the same as Fig. 4, except buckle being open, in which position an adjustment of the trace or tug is made.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The body A in Fig. 1, the slide-lever B in Fig. 2, and the spring Oin Fig. 3, goto make up the trace or tug buckle as a whole.

The body A is cast or made in one piece of any good metal, in which the portions Y- X--Y run on a parallel plane joined by the cross-pieces h-'iand extended from points y in a downward and circular course to theright and left, to a distance to allow the free passage of trace or tug between points y-jy-f--g-f and y-h-y--f-g-f, constituting arms f, which are extended on a parallel plane with ccf-x to a suitable distance tog-ive form and joined by g-g which constitute the base-bars toY which llame-tug is fastened, as hereinafter described.

The slide-tongue B is one whole piece, cast or otherwise made, in which n forms the slide, Zthe tongue, Zee-Zo the ears and m the jaw which in position lie in plane z-z as shown in Fig. 4; the slide n resting on cross pieces h-z' and beveled cross-piece j fitting in jaw m and tongue Z resting against concave surface on front side of cross-piece h and at a right anglev to line ,a-z as shown in Fig. 4, and hereinafter more fully described. On the lower and opposite side of slide-tongue are two ears t-c cast-0r otherwise formed at an angle of forty-live degrees, which are partially ycold-shut, bringing ends on a face with slide n, leaving an open space sufficient to admit the spring O.

The spring O is about five thirty-seconds of an inch wide, one thirty-second of an inch thick with two corrugations or impressions q-o, and ends p--p bent at an angle of fortytive degrees from the plane; which in position is placed underneath slide n, as shown in Fig. 4, points p-p resting in ears lc-Ile; s-s against slide n and likewise or nearly so.

In Fig. 4 I have the buckle mounted on a harness, buckled or closed, in which F constitutes hams-strap or breast-collar into which body A (heretofore described) is sewed or fastened in the following manner: Strap is passed over g to the right parallel with xover and around g and back on the same plane and fastened by stitching or rivets on each side of g-g. E constitutes the trace or tug (sectional view) with the holes c to receive the tongue Z which securely holds tug at such length as may be adjusted. When thus buckled the tongue rests against and in concave surface of cross-piece h and jaw m of slidetongue bearing against cross-piece j thus sustaining force or tension brought on tug E when fastened or hooked, as power in opposite direction on hametug is produced by a horse or other force, same being held in position by cross-piece t' resting in impression of spring at point s.

In Fig. 5 I have buckle open or unbuckled, same being accomplished by placing left hand up under and around buckle and with tug in right handpush'forward orto the left (and vice versa with opposite buckle) with a force sufficient to drive tongue out of tug hole o and at same time impression o of spring receiving cross-piece i. At this j uncture place the thumb of left hand on slide n at point w and with a light pressure hold tongue l from tug E, thus allowing a free movement of tug forward or backward for the purvided with three cross-pieces and end loops and a slide-tongue member carrying a spring of two corrugations inelosing the center crosspieoe on the main frame, and means forhoiding the two parts of the buckle in adjustment, t5

su bstantially as described.

HENRY J. KRAUS. Witnesses:

WM. M. SUTTON, GEO. M. ALDRICH. 

